Grade 2 Science practice sheet
New Brunswick Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Put the butterfly's life cycle in order.
- 🐛caterpillar
- chrysalis
- 🦋butterfly
- 🥚egg
egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly
Hint: It starts as a tiny egg on a leaf. A caterpillar hatches, makes a chrysalis, then comes out as a butterfly.
Question 2
A duck's webbed feet help it…
🦆- dig tunnels
- climb trees
- swim
swim
Hint: Webbed feet work like paddles.
Question 3
Put the water cycle in order. Start with the sun warming the water.
- 🌊Water collects in rivers and oceans
- 🌧️Rain or snow falls
- ☁️Clouds form
- ☀️Sun warms water and it rises
Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans
Hint: Warm water rises into the sky, makes clouds, falls as rain, and collects in rivers and oceans.
Question 4
A rubber ball is…
- 💨a gas
- 💧a liquid
- ⚽a solid
⚽ a solid
Hint: A ball keeps its shape, so it is a solid.
Question 5
Which thing will a magnet pull?
🧲- 🥤a paper cup
- 📎a paper clip
- 🪵a wooden block
📎 a paper clip
Hint: Magnets pull on some metals, like iron and steel. Paper clips are made of steel!
Question 6
A playground slide is an…
🛝- wedge
- inclined plane
- pulley
inclined plane
Hint: A slide is a slope.
Question 7
Put the frog's life cycle in order.
- tadpole with legs
- tadpole
- 🐸frog
- 🫧eggs in a pond
eggs in a pond → tadpole → tadpole with legs → frog
Hint: Frogs start as eggs in a pond. Tadpoles hatch, grow legs, and become frogs.
Question 8
A chipmunk stores seeds for winter. This is a…
- food
- behaviour
- body part
behaviour
Hint: Storing food is something an animal does.
Question 9
Does it save water or waste water?
Sort into: 👍 saves water · 👎 wastes water
- 🪣collect rain for plants
- 🛁take a really full bath
- 🚰let the tap drip
- 🪥turn off the tap while brushing
- 💦leave the hose running
- 🚿take a short shower
👍 saves water: collect rain for plants, turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower · 👎 wastes water: take a really full bath, let the tap drip, leave the hose running
Hint: Using only the water you need saves it. Leaving water running wastes it.
Question 10
What happens to water in the freezer?
❄️- 💨It disappears
- 🧃It turns into juice
- 🧊It freezes into ice
🧊 It freezes into ice
Hint: Cold makes water freeze. The liquid becomes a solid.
Answer key
- 1. egg → caterpillar → chrysalis → butterfly (Life Cycles)
- 2. swim (Animal Adaptations)
- 3. Sun warms water and it rises → Clouds form → Rain or snow falls → Water collects in rivers and oceans (Water World)
- 4. ⚽ a solid (Solids & Liquids)
- 5. 📎 a paper clip (Push & Pull)
- 6. inclined plane (Simple Machines)
- 7. eggs in a pond → tadpole → tadpole with legs → frog (Life Cycles)
- 8. behaviour (Animal Adaptations)
- 9. 👍 saves water: collect rain for plants, turn off the tap while brushing, take a short shower · 👎 wastes water: take a really full bath, let the tap drip, leave the hose running (Water World)
- 10. 🧊 It freezes into ice (Solids & Liquids)
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